Angola coach, Pedro Gonçalves was satisfied with the performance of his team after they came back from a goal down to get a point against Algeria in the first game of Group D of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023. 

Speaking after the game, Pedro Gonçalves credited the efforts of his team in the second half after starting the first half slowly. 

“This team started slowly but we managed to find some spaces and came back into the game in the second half which the team did better,” he said. 

Pedro Gonçalves was impressed with his side’s mentality and will expecting more in the remaining games. 

“The work isn’t done. The team showed that mentally they are up there so we will continue to build on this in our next matches,” he concluded.

Angola will play Mauritania on Saturday, 20 January.